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BLRI starts coronavirus testing
12:14 PM, 25 Apr 2020 SaturdayBangladesh Livestock Research Institute (BLRI), a state-run national research organization under the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, has started testing samples of people with coronavirus symptoms...
Sri Lanka reimposes curfew; 12 cases in China
12:01 PM, 25 Apr 2020 SaturdaySri Lanka has reimposed a countrywide 24-hour curfew after a surge in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases, most of them navy sailors who were hunting those evading quarantine...
Saudi Arabia to abolish flogging
11:49 AM, 25 Apr 2020 SaturdaySaudi Arabia is to abolish flogging as a form of punishment, according to a legal document seen by media outlets...
Modi extends Ramzan greetings on twitter
11:22 AM, 25 Apr 2020 SaturdayIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday extended his greeting to the people on the occasion of Ramzan...
Air Quality Index: Dhaka’s air still remain ‘unhealthy’
10:00 AM, 25 Apr 2020 SaturdayBangladesh’s capital Dhaka ranked worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Saturday morning. The capital ranked the worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) with a score of 151 at 08.03am. The air was classified as ‘unhealthy’...
Coronavirus: US death toll passes 50,000 in world’s deadliest outbreak
09:21 AM, 25 Apr 2020 SaturdayThe US virus death toll has surpassed 50,000, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, in what is the world's deadliest Covid-19 outbreak...
Kim Jong-un: China sends doctors to check on health
09:08 AM, 25 Apr 2020 SaturdayChina has sent a team to North Korea including medical experts to check on Kim Jong-un, according to three people familiar with the situation...
President, PM urge Muslims to offer prayers at home during Ramadan
08:58 AM, 25 Apr 2020 SaturdayGreeting the countrymen and all Muslims across the world at the advent of the holy month of Ramadan, President M Abdul Hamid on Friday urged the Muslims to offer prayers at their respective houses...
Don’t ask workers to return to Dhaka until further decision: BGMEA
08:45 AM, 25 Apr 2020 SaturdayBangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has directed all of its members not to ask their workers, who are currently at their respective villages, to return to Dhaka...
Public transport shutdown extended further
09:49 PM, 24 Apr 2020 FridayIn line with the extended general holidays, public transport services will also remain suspended across the country until May 5 in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus that has taken a dangerous turn in the country...
BNP misleading people in name of nat’l taskforce on COVID-19: Quader
08:17 PM, 24 Apr 2020 FridayAwami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said BNP is spreading misleading information among people over COVID-19, demanding formation of a national taskforce to this end...
Shakib becomes father for the second time
07:51 PM, 24 Apr 2020 FridayBangladesh cricket all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan became father again after his wife Umme Ahmed Shishir gave birth to a baby girl on Friday afternoon...
Holy Ramadan begins today
07:03 PM, 24 Apr 2020 FridayThe Holy Ramadan, the lunar month of self-purification through fasting and abstinence, begins in the country from today as the new moon was sighted in Bangladesh sky on Friday evening...
Qatar announces 761 new coronavirus infections
06:16 PM, 24 Apr 2020 FridayHealth authorities in Qatar have confirmed on Friday another 761 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, an increase of 138 cases from yesterday’s tally, according to Qatar News Agency...
Sick Khaleda to observe fasting in quarantine
06:05 PM, 24 Apr 2020 FridayDespite having various ailments, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will observe fasting and receive treatment in the holy month of Ramadan staying in quarantine...
Nagad to provide Tk 5 lakh to COVID-19 infected employee
05:54 PM, 24 Apr 2020 FridayBangladesh Post Office’s mobile financial service, Nagad has decided to stand beside its around 2 lakh employees amid the cononavirus (COVID-19) pandemic...
Second man shot by minister’s gunman dies
05:07 PM, 24 Apr 2020 FridayMohim Uddin, who was shot by the liberation war affairs minister AKM Mozammel Haque’s gunman, died on Thursday midnight. He succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment at Enam Medical College Hospital in Savar...
Four of a family contract coronavirus in Tangail
02:44 PM, 24 Apr 2020 FridayA total of five people, including four members of a family, were newly infected with the novel coronavirus in Tangail...
Bangladesh coronavirus death toll climbs to 131, cases 4,689
02:38 PM, 24 Apr 2020 FridayThe death toll from the novel coronavirus in Bangladesh rose to 131 after the country confirmed four more deaths on Friday. The country also recorded 503 cases of the deadly virus, taking the total to 4,689, said Prof Nasima Sultana, ADG of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS)...
30,000 starts Ramadan fasting in Shariatpur
01:47 PM, 24 Apr 2020 FridayAt least 30,000 people in Bangladesh's Shariatpur district started fasting from Friday to coincide with Saudi Arabia. Sureswar shrine peer (spiritual guide) Syed Touhidul Hossain Shaheen Nuri confirmed this...